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The History of Cinema: 1928

Macedonia - Uzbekistan

Macedonia

– Construction of a modern film theatre named ‘Vardar’ begins in Skopje. [ADD]

– The National University of Skpoje acquire a projector to begin screening educational and information films. [ADD]

– Kosta Novakovic makes “Skopje, Kosovo and South Serbia” and “Physical Training Jamboree in Skopje.” [ADD]

– Julian Manansala makes Patria Amore, the story of the Filipinos struggle against Spanish colonial rule. [ADD] 

– In an article entitled 'The Movie Theatre and the Radio Broadcaster in the Politics of Culture' literary critic Tudor Vianu defines, ‘The Movie Theatre and the Radio Broadcaster in the Politics of Culture": "The cinematic press [was] created first of all in order to sustain the interests of cinematographic capitalism...There is no actor, no matter how mediocre, not to have been proclaimed a first-rate star by the cinematic press and there is no film, no matter how boring or mundane, not to have been declared an incomparable achievement.’ [ADD]

– Ernesto Gimenez Caballero and Luis Bunuel form the first cine-club in Madrid.  [ADD]

Mauritz Stiller, mentor to Greta Garbo, dies in a Stockholm hospital of infective pleurisy. [ADD]

– Al Mutaham al bari (The Innocent Suspect), the country’s first feature-length film is produced.   Based on a true incident in Damascus, it is written, directed and photographed by Rashid Jalal for Hermon Film, a company established by Jalal, Ayoub Badri, Ahmad Tello, and Mohammed Al-Muradi. [ADD]

– The ACSR (Association Cinématographique Suisse Romande) is formed by exhibitors in the French-speaking Cantons. [ADD]

Sergei Eisenstein’s Oktyabr, one of a number of films commissioned by the communist government to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the revolution, premieres in Moscow. [ADD]

Nicolai Okhlopkov’s Prodannyi appetit (The Sold Appetite), written by Karl Marx’s son-in-law Paul Lafargue, is released. [ADD]

The country’s first Five Year Plan for the film industry is drawn up.   Imports will be progressively eliminated and revenue from exports used to build the domestic production industry.   Raw film stock will be manufactured, but Western sound technology will not be adopted. [ADD]

Aleksandr Dovzhenko’s Zvenigora is released. [ADD]

Sergei Eisenstein is awarded a professorial chair at the GTK Institute of Cinema. [ADD]

Joseph M. Schenck, the President of United Artists, invites Sergei Eisenstein to Hollywood. [ADD]

Sergei Eisenstein, Vselevod Pudovkin and Grigori Alexandrov publish a manifesto on the use and editing of sound in film. [ADD]

Vselevod Pudovkin’s Potomok Chingis-Khana (Storm Over Asia) is released. [ADD]

– For the first time, Soviet produced films produce greater revenue than foreign imports. [ADD]

– There are 2,312 projectors in the USSR. [ADD]

Other Key Films of 1928

Le Perricholi (Enzo Longhi) [ADD]

Za slovenskym ludom (For the Slovak People) (Karol Plicka) [ADD]

Synd (Gustav Molander) [ADD]

Arsenal (Aleksandr Dovzhenko) [ADD]

Dom na Trubnoy (The House on Trubnoy) (Boris Barnet) [ADD]

Tsiteli eshmakunebi (Little Red Devils) (Ivane Perestiani) [ADD]

Rossiya Nikolaya II I Lev Tolstoy (The Russia of Nicholas II and Leo Tolstoy) (Esfir Shub) [ADD]